The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-13
what 1, Decided

The Advance, in it's last issue, says
that Carroll and Mills cannot both
stay in the same party. We think
this selfevident proposition, and
one which requires little or no srgu-
ment to support it. However, little
Illustration will do no harm. Car
roll " hen he went into prohibition,
found here the democratic party bit
terly opposed to that line, of policy.
He found many individuals who
thought as he did-who Unsigned
that they could retain their dem oc-
racy intact and unques.ioned while
aging the knife 10 the root OF all
democratic principle-personal liber-
ty. 1t was his option to remain with
the old party ofpersonal liberty, or TO
20 off after the strange gods of the
isms. Mills remained and throughout
enc of the iiercest political strug-
giles ever inaugursted Id this country,
and bis own good arm raising and
carry ing sloft the banner of democ-
racy still In the warm glow of victory,
he can make no terms with with
| Carroll outside otparty lines, AMI sit
ting amid the ashes OF defeat and en-
wrapped in its gloom. There is only
one bridge by which these two can
come together in party unity, aud
that is repentance and good works
Mills places the constitution of the
nation and of those of the state, in
politics as of higher warrant than the
bible or the church either. Carroll
places the bible and the church above
all other authorities in politics as in
every thing else. This it would seem
separates these gentlemen by dis.
lance as great a. that which separates
the poles. a patched up peace by
which both can remain in full fellow.
ship and both be leaders would be too
farcical for anything. Either the one
or the other must give way. Now
then the only thing t. determine Is
which of them shall 20. That has
been, we think, determined by the
late election which gave very nearly
oue hundred thousand majority
against Carroll and in favor of Mills.
The vauquisLed never gives the law
to the victor. nor does defeat change
error ana make it truth to suit even
the church or its ministers. Now
from these aud other equally potent
considerations we are inclined TO the
conclusion that Mills will stay with
t4e democracy awhile, and Carroll
vii. be compelled to accept CraniiliS
invitation aud 90 over to political
prohibition, Join the third party out
and out or recant, or better still, go
bsck 10 his pulpit and
remain there permanently. Permitting
politicians such rs Mills, to look out
for our politics in tho future "a in the
past.
This latter is the simplest So
luton Of the complication, 50 far as
the late chief Of the prohibition
movement is concerned. But il may
he asked what are we going to do
with Bonner, llcrndon, Wynne,
EXall and others of that tribe Of
democrats who closed their eyes to
the teachings of the party, aud joined
IA church crusade against its ground
work principles; Chairman Clark
indicates that repentance alone
viii reach their cases, and we suppose
even then slight but not irksomc
probation, based strictly on good
behavior, will settle matters. and the
old ship will proceed on her voyage,
not much the worse for the battering
she has had in the late raging storm,
she has so nob,y outriddcp. one
thing looms up in the whole matter,
aud that is that the democratic ma.
jority is still ms ority, and it must
ever remain one-let Carroll and the
other rocalcitrants take what course
they may. Democracy is of too much |
worth to Texas to be lightly laid |
down, OF lightly taken up.
Rewards and punishincnts.